, 1887-06-18

how OLD are you and where were yon born
and raised?"
Il am a trihe over Al years old, but
don't expect to get much older. | was
born in Southern Illinois, but was raised
In st. Louis, where l attended school.
Billy Lee, the police Justice here, knew
my folks and remembers me as a boy"
How long have you been in the West,
that is the tar West 2"
we sir, l came to this country in
1862, and have not been east of the Mis-
souri, since that time"
Have you ever followed any occupa
ton other than that of mining 2"
No, non other. For the last twenty
five years l have prospected nearly every
foot of mineral land in the territories OF
Montana, Idaho and Dakota, and spent a
couple of seasons in British Columbia.
| was on my way to Arizona when l ar
rived at Ru~nningwater four years ago and
went to work in the mines there"
Your relatives and friends in the East
have not been heard from. Are they not
cognizant of your present trouble 2"
Il don't think my relatives have heard
of it. Hope they won't. Don't suppose
they are alive, as | have not CORE.
sponded with them for thirteen years. As
for friends, you know, or will find out
some day, hat no matter how popular a
man is that everyone is his enemy as soon
az he falls"
1t is said thai you had been drinking
heavily for some time previous to the kill
ing of Miley."
That all a mistake, or a lie. | was
often on my feet for forty. eight hours at
a stretch, and was II sufferer from neural
gia, and my fatigue and illness were mis-
taken for drunkenness. have not tasted
a drop of liquor since last July. There is
no denying the fact that | killed Pete
Gilman" continued Trumble, but I will
maintain with my dying breath that it was
accidental. [ had no malice toward the
man, and the pistol was discharged acct
dentally as it had been several times be-
fore"
Are you satisfied with the manner in
which the trial has been conducted"
L have,been treated fairly by the Judge,
Jury and lawyers, but firmly believe that
those Lusk fellows have deliberately
formed a conspiracy to kill NE. A num-
Der of them have it in for me because |
wanted to see law and order prevail in the
town, and several of the witnesses who
falsely testified that L abused Gilman owe
me money right now for working for
them, and at the time of the trouble
wanted me to let them hang my prisoner,
and said that it was my duty to make him
show me the camp of the horse thieves or
kill him. | tell you it's pretty tough to
be done up by a lawless mob like that.
This is my first trouble Of any kind, and
will probably be my last"
Are you acquainted with any of the
jurorsP"
Never met one of them. In fact |
know very few people in Cheyenne or any
other town, for that matter, having, as l
said, been prospecting most of the time
for the last twenty-five years and have not
been in civilization very much. That's
probably the reason I've not married, and
I'm very glad that such is the case in
my present situation. By the way, let
me ask you a,question. What do you
really think the verdict will be?"
But before the reporter could express
an opinion it was announced that the jury
was ready 10 report and thanking
Trumble for his c-ourteousness the man
with the note book withdrew, and left the
prisoner to hear the residing of the docu-
ment submitted by Henry Harrington,
foreman of the Jury.
THR JURY.
The twelve men considered competent
to render judgment on the evidence
were; 81. Harrington. foreman: George
Lyons d. d. Moore, 81. q. Hell
phenstine, Harry B. Rice, Gus Lehman,
FL. 2. Button. z. A. Reed, w. A. Rich
ards, w. A Whitcomb, D. G. Grant
and Thos. Msgee. One of the above
men was seen by a reporter shortly after
the termination of the trial and said that
while three informal ballots were taken,
that after hearing the convincing
testimony given, and listening to
the explicit and concise charge of
Judge Maginnis, but one course remained
for them to pursue. While the jury
well knew the terrible responsibility
which they were assuming, he was
sure that all voted conscientiously on the
verdict. In conclusion it can be said that
the fair name of Wyoming Territory and
the county of Laramie, and the city of
Lusk in particular has been fully vindicat-
ed. and that in the well timed words of
the able prosecution, 1.-THE mother of this